A reader and writer fooling with words

NaNoWriMo week One

Long time readers will know that every November Wordfoolery does NaNoWriMo – a month long challenge to write 50,000 words of a novel in just 30 days. I’m also a municipal liaison (organiser) for Ireland North East region in this worldwide challenge, so I host writing sessions, create pep talks for my region, and generally cheerlead my local writers. It’s a busy month and as a result I don’t blog about unusual words during November.

So what am I writing this year?

Amy Johnston is the last of the Johnston line, whose motto is Never Unprepared. But when she inherits a rundown castle in the West coast town of Castle Cove, she is unprepared for everything and the locals aren’t happy to see her, even when she joins the local lifeboat crew. As she and her chef husband restore the castle and its gardens she gradually uncovers her family’s link to the Spanish Armada and several skeletons in their past. But can she make amends for the actions of her ancestors?

This is the second book in the Castle Cove novel series – set on the West coast of Ireland and pairing a contemporary story with a coastal focus with a linked story set in Ireland’s turbulent past. This time, the wreck of the Spanish Armada in 1588.

With plenty of history research still to complete, I’m working on the contempory story first and fleshing out the outline for the Armada story as I go along. But it’s fun to be back in Castle Cove with some of the characters from the first novel “The Lightkeeper’s Diary”.

Until next time happy reading, writing, and wordfooling,

Grace (Day 3: 4,091 words and counting)

p.s. I know some of my Johnston cousins read the blog now and then. I’m afraid the family castle is pure fiction, sorry!